You can really feel the effect of a CS prop on a touch and go; normally on a fixed pitch prop say a 172 you feel the the power come, stick in a little right boot and lift it off. On a 182 especially if it's light once you hit around 45 kts there's a real kick in the back as the prop starts to work at it's optimum, you can certainly feel those 235 hp.
You don't suppose that might have more to do wit the fact that the 182 has in excess of 50% more horsepower in a plane that weighs about the same?